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A quiet afternoon at Scharold’s Traditions Family Restaurant turned tragic in an instant shortly before 3 p.m. Police said the girls on the bike came out of the entrance of A.J. Jolly Park, pulling out in front of the driver of the Jeep and were struck.

“The landlord actually saw them going up and down this little road through here about five minutes before it happened. And then he said he saw them coming off the hill and then he heard a big thump turned around and saw it and that's when he came through the door," Scharold said.

The girls were flown to UC Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Deputies said both girls were unconscious when they were transported from the scene.Investigators said an 18-year-old woman going the speed limit tried to stop but couldn't.

“Brakes only can do so much,” Stephen Cunningham, with AJ Jolly Golf Course, said.

Cunningham was working on the course when he saw Air Care land.

He said this is the first accident of its kind in the area that he can remember in two decades.

He said a few years ago, the road was widened from two lanes to four.

“They did it for a reason. There's a lot of traffic,” Cunningham said.

Some said everyone could benefit from a little more warning.

“They need a little more visibility on some of the crossways through there,” he said.

Deputies said neither girl was wearing a helmet and they both suffered head and leg injuries.

Authorities said no one in the Jeep was injured and the teenage driver will not be charged in the crash because the children pulled out in front of the vehicle.